JCoR SDG Lab at the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The annual High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will take place from 7-15 July this year. It functions as the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each year, the forum focuses on a select few SDGs, and government leaders voluntarily report on their national progress toward achievement of these SDGs. The SDGs of focus this year are 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17. In addition to reports from governments, the HLPF also includes events sponsored by civil society groups, to highlight their perspectives on implementation and progress toward the SDGs in their respective countries. JCoR will join the conversation by offering a series of virtual discussion, which we are calling the “JCoR SDG Lab.” This series will showcase Catholic Religious and their partners’ perspectives on progress and good practices towards sustainable development. It will…
Thirst, Hygiene, and Dignity: The hidden face of homelessness under SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17
Join the Justice Coalition of Religious for a virtual event held during the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, “Thirst, Hygiene, and Dignity: The hidden face of homelessness under SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17. Date/Time: 9 July 2026, 8:30am-10:00am (New York time) Concept Note: Click on the following link to access the concept note in English Flyer: Click on the following link to access the event flyer in English This parallel event brings together member states, UN system entities, civil society, and — critically — a person with lived experience of homelessness to interrogate what is working, what is failing, and what bold action is needed in the final years of the 2030 Agenda. As countries present progress at the High-Level Political Forum 2026, there is an urgent need to highlight homelessness as a cross-cutting development and human rights issue. Addressing it requires integrated, people centered, and partnership-driven…
Engagement of Young Adults at the Intersection of Faith & Politics: an Education Session for Religious NGOs at the United Nations
Date & Time: Wednesday, 2 October 2024, from 10:30am to 11:00am (New York City Time) Participate in person: Basement meeting room of the Salvation Army (221 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022) Participate virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85181510559?pwd=tD26AoVmjpIR2WVmJ9FtQidT9wLVJX.1 This educational session will introduce the mission and activities of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Though in Public Life. Two members of the Initiative’s leadreship team will also offer remarks on some of the challenges they have experienced and lessons they have learned about effective engagement of young adults at the intersection of faith and politics. The session is tailored to members of the community of UN representatives of Catholic Religious congregations who want to more meaningfully engage young people in the ministry of UN-based advocacy. explicitly an act of faith in addition to being clearly political. Resource persons for this session will be two leaders of the…
Summit of the Future: an Education Session for & by Religious NGOs at the United Nations
Join us for an education session on the upcoming Summit of the Future! Date & Time: Tuesday, 17 September, from 10am to 11:30am (New York City Time) Participate in person: Basement meeting room of the Salvation Army (221 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022) Participate virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuf-6urTsvG9dMtXwVI20vXcLRg5jhiBuM Resource persons for this session will include: Sr. Beatriz Martinez Garcia, SSND (School Sisters of Notre Dame) Sr. Durstyne Farnan, OP (Dominican Leadership Conference) Sr. Jean Quinn, DW (UNANIMA International) Liana Almony (UNANIMA International) Fr. Rohan Dominic, CMF (Proclade Internazionale Onlus) Teresa Blumenstein (Justice Coalition of Religious)
June Global Community Hour: Homelessness
Click here to access the prayer on the theme of homelessness. We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 14 June 2024, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (Bogotá, Lima) / 9:00-10:00am (New York, Havana) / 10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. The theme for our June gathering will be homelessness. Therefore, we are especially inviting individuals to share their ministry experience and concerns relating to homelessness. As usual, all voices and justice concerns are welcome in this communal space. We will convene in this manner on the second…
2021 Orientation for Religious NGOs’ Representatives to the UN
November 2021 orientation offered by and for Catholic Religious NGOs’ representatives to the United Nations. Part 1: Origins & Purpose of the UN System and its Sustainable Development Goals Presented by: Beth Blissman, PhD, Co-Member and UN Representative of the Loretto Community (Sisters & Co-Members of Loretto) Part 2: Role of Religious NGOs at the UN Presented by: Teresa Blumenstein, New York Coordinator of the Justice Coalition of Religious Part 3: Experiential Wisdom: Homelessness Advocacy at the UN Presented by: Jean Quinn, DW, Executive Director of UNANIMA International Part 4: Earth Advocacy at the UN Presented by: Kevin Cawley, CFC, UN Representative of Edmund Rice International
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